Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1887-07-29
The Chief Magistrate Accepts an In
vitatiOn to Visit That Thriv-
ing City.
Mr.. Cleveland Expresses Delight that
the Invitation Has No POliti-
cal Significance.
The Visit to be in Connection With
His St Louis Visit in the First
Part of October.
The Party Photographed.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 27.-The Kan
sas City delegation which came to Wash
ington to invite the president to visit Kan
sas City during his contemplated western
trip were accorded special reception in
the east room of the white house about
noon to-day. There were over one hundred
persons in the party including ladies. They
filed into the east room in couples and
ranged themselves in semi. circle and as
the president appeared he was met by Mr..
Mcdonald, who presented Mr.. G. H. Allen,
chairman of the delegation, and each of
the members. When this formality was
over Mr.. Allen advanced and addressed the
president inviting him to Kansas City. The
president replied:
l would not be frank with you if I pro-
fessed that the invitation which you have
tended was the first intimation had of
your desire that should see you at your
beautiful home. have thought that any
trip / might make bringing me in YOUR
neighbOrhOOd would be incomplete and
wanting in advantage and profit il it did
not include short stay in your active,
sitrlrlng city: | am especially pleased that
to me has no partisan or political fea-
ture, but that the parties to it
are the people of Kansas City
desirous of exhibiting to their servant and
the chief magistrate of all the people what
they have done and contributed toward the
national greatness and prosperity, of which
every, American citizen is or should be
proud. And the pleasure which the non
political feature of your invitation gives
me is increased by the fact that Kansas
City is represented here by parties who
are actually engaged in the divers enter
prises which have made your city great
and prosperous and that every interest
which she fosters has place in the dele
cation see before me. want to see your
city and l can discern no opportunity to do
50 unless extend the trip to st. Louis al
ready determined and include Kansas City
among the places shall visit The con-
sideration have already given the subject
and the heartiness and sincerity OF your
invitation induce me to accept it at once
OF my visit will be between the 1st and 18th
Of October.
The presidents remarks were loudly
cheered, and as the applause subsidized he
turned to Mr. Allen and remarked sottO
vOce: 'If this is an evidence of the way
you will treat me when / get to Kansas
City, don't know when shall be able to
leave there" Mr.. Cleveland then spent
some time in examining the invitation
which was lying on table beside him. 1t
is large volume, handsomely bound in
sealskin and bearing on white satin
panel inserted in the cover the words,
"Kansas City to President and Mrs. Cleve-
land Greeting-1887." The first six leaves
of the book contain six allegorlcal figures
in water color. illustrative of the resources
of Kansas City and the states of Kansas
and Missouri, Texas, Colorado and the
Indian territory. Then follow the 21,0O0
signatures which were obtained in seven
days. The president, having completed
his examination of the invitation, was in
troduced to the ladies accompanying the
party, who told him frankly that they were
not half so desirous of seeing him in Kan
sas City as they were Of entertaining Mrs.
Cleveland. The doors leading into the cor
ridor had in the meantime been thrown
open and the delegation passed through
there into the blue rooms. They then pro-
ceeded to the steps leading into the war
department, where the party was photo
graphed.